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<H1>Class CIM_Process<BR>extends <a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a>
</H1>Each instance of the CIM_Process class represents a single instance of a running program. A user of the OperatingSystem will typically see a Process as an application or task. Within an OperatingSystem, a Process is defined by a workspace of memory resources and environmental settings that are allocated to it. On a multitasking System, this workspace prevents intrusion of resources by other Processes. Additionally, a Process can execute as multiple Threads, all which run within the same workspace.<h3>
Table of Contents<br>
<a href="#c_hierarchy">Hierarchy</a>
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<a href="#c_subclasses">Direct Known Subclasses</a>
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<a href="#c_qualifiers">Class Qualifiers</a>
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<a href="#c_properties">Class Properties</a>
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<a href="#c_methods">Class Methods</a>
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<H2>
<a name="c_hierarchy">Class Hierarchy</a>
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<a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a>
<br data="@NAME"> |<br> +--<a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a>
<br data="@NAME"> |<br> +--<a href="CIM_LogicalElement.html">CIM_LogicalElement</a>
<br data="@NAME"> |<br> +--<a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a>
<br data="@NAME"> |<br> +--<b>CIM_Process</b>
<br data="CIM_Process -- CIM_EnabledLogicalElement">
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<a name="c_subclasses">Direct Known Subclasses</a>
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<a href="CIM_UnixProcess.html">CIM_UnixProcess</a>
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<a name="c_qualifiers">Class Qualifiers</a>
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<TH>Name</TH><TH>Data Type</TH><TH>Value</TH>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Each instance of the CIM_Process class represents a single instance of a running program. A user of the OperatingSystem will typically see a Process as an application or task. Within an OperatingSystem, a Process is defined by a workspace of memory resources and environmental settings that are allocated to it. On a multitasking System, this workspace prevents intrusion of resources by other Processes. Additionally, a Process can execute as multiple Threads, all which run within the same workspace.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">UMLPackagePath</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CIM::System::Processing</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Version</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">2.10.0</TD>
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<a name="c_properties">Class Properties</a>
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<H3>Local Class Properties</H3>
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<TH ROWSPAN="2"><B>Name</B></TH><TH ROWSPAN="2"><B>Data Type</B></TH><TH ROWSPAN="2"><B>Default Value</B></TH><TH COLSPAN="5"><B>Qualifiers</B></TH>
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<TH>Name</TH><TH>Data Type</TH><TH>Value</TH>
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<TH ROWSPAN="4" VALIGN="TOP">CreationClassName</TH><TD ROWSPAN="4" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="4" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CreationClassName indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">CreationDate</TH><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">datetime</TD><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Time that the Process began executing.</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">CSCreationClassName</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The scoping ComputerSystem's CreationClassName.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Propagated</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CIM_OperatingSystem.CSCreationClassName</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">CSName</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The scoping ComputerSystem's Name.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Propagated</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CIM_OperatingSystem.CSName</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">ExecutionState</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Indicates the current operating condition of the Process. Values include ready (2), running (3), and blocked (4), among others. The majority of the enumerated values are obvious. However, a few require additional explanation:
7 (Terminated) describes that a process has naturally completed
8 (Stopped) describes that a process has been prematurely 'stopped' by a user or other request
10 (Ready but Relinquished Processor) describes that a process is in the Ready state, but has voluntarily relinquished execution time to other processes. For example, this state may indicate a problem when the relinquishing process is not handling items on its queues. If these semantics cannot be detected, the process should report its state as 2 ("Ready").
11 (Hung) indicates that a process is not responding and should therefore not be given further execution time.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.9, MIF.UNIX|Process Information|13.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">ValueMap</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Values</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Unknown, Other, Ready, Running, Blocked, Suspended Blocked, Suspended Ready, Terminated, Stopped, Growing, Ready But Relinquished Processor, Hung</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">Handle</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">A string used to identify the Process. A Process ID is a kind of Process Handle.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">KernelModeTime</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">uint64</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Time in kernel mode, in milliseconds. If this information is not available, or if the operating system does not distinguish between time in kernel and in user mode, a value of 0 should be used.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.13</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">PUnit</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">second * 10^-3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Units</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MilliSeconds</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">Name</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The name of the process.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">1024</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Override</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Name</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">OSCreationClassName</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The scoping OperatingSystem's CreationClassName.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Propagated</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CIM_OperatingSystem.CreationClassName</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">OSName</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The scoping OperatingSystem's Name.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Key</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MaxLen</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">256</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Propagated</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">CIM_OperatingSystem.Name</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">OtherExecutionDescription</TH><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">A string describing the state - used when the instance's ExecutionState property is set to 1 ("Other"). Other ExecutionDescription should be set to NULL when the Execution State property is any value other than 1.</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="3" VALIGN="TOP">Priority</TH><TD ROWSPAN="3" VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD ROWSPAN="3" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Priority indicates the urgency or importance of execution of a Process. Lower values reflect more favorable process scheduling. If a priority is not defined for a Process, a value of 0 should be used.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.10</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">TerminationDate</TH><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP">datetime</TD><TD ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Time that the Process was stopped or terminated.</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">UserModeTime</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">uint64</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Time in user mode, in milliseconds. If this information is not available, a value of 0 should be used. If the operating system does not distinguish between time in kernel mode and user mode, the time should be returned in this property.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">MappingStrings</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MIF.DMTF|Process Information|001.14</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">PUnit</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">second * 10^-3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Units</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">MilliSeconds</TD>
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<TH ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">WorkingSetSize</TH><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP">uint64</TD><TD ROWSPAN="5" VALIGN="TOP"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Description</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">The amount of memory in bytes that a Process needs to execute efficiently, for an OperatingSystem that uses page-based memory management. If an insufficient amount of memory is available (< working set size), thrashing will occur. If this information is not known, NULL or 0 should be entered. If this data is provided, it could be monitored to understand a Process' changing memory requirements as execution proceeds.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Gauge</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">boolean</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">true</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">PUnit</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">byte</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP">Units</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP">Bytes</TD>
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<H3>Inherited Properties</H3>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">Caption</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">CommunicationStatus</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">Description</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">DetailedStatus</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">ElementName</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">EnabledDefault</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">EnabledState</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">Generation</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint64</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">HealthState</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">InstallDate</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">datetime</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">InstanceID</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedElement.html">CIM_ManagedElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">OperatingStatus</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">OtherEnabledState</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">PrimaryStatus</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">RequestedState</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">Status</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">TimeOfLastStateChange</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">datetime</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">TransitioningToState</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">AvailableRequestedStates</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16[]</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">OperationalStatus</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint16[]</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">StatusDescriptions</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">string[]</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_ManagedSystemElement.html">CIM_ManagedSystemElement</a></TD>
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<a name="c_methods">Class Methods</a>
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<H3>Inherited Class Methods</H3>
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<TH VALIGN="TOP">RequestStateChange</TH><TD VALIGN="TOP">uint32</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP"><a href="CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.html">CIM_EnabledLogicalElement</a></TD>
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